NCPS’ letter to TACTT

NCPS have also now responded to TACTT. Their email is given below for completeness:

Thank you for your letter of 23rd April.

While there is an historic blog by Dominic Davies on our website, we did remove reference to membership of MOU when we were forced to step back. We don’t remove historic blogs from the site where they are accurate at the time they were written. We apologise if this may have caused any confusion.

Our not being a member of the MOU has never meant we have changed our policy on conversion therapy, and it hasn’t changed our Code of Ethics. We are members of many different organisations and groupings, but leaving or joining any of these is a separate issue from our ethical stance. You can rest assured therefore that there hasn’t been any effect on your practice or with any of your clients. As a valued member, you have been working under the same ethical guidance and policy framework irrespective of what organisations or groupings your professional body belongs to.

We felt it was in the MOU’s best interests not to publicise our withdrawal as this risked media headlines of division and could have imparted the sense that the legal activists were gaining traction. We didn’t want this to happen.

Opposing conversion therapy can take many forms – for example, we pioneered and suggested making sure insurance companies would not cover therapists practising in this way. After our meetings with the GEO we were assured that, in the absence of a ban coming in to force, there is a multitude of actions than can still be taken.

We have been working behind the scenes for many months to find a route back to the MOU and have now been able to ringfence funds to protect us from future legal action. We’re happy to inform you that we have applied to rejoin MOU.

We appreciate your concerns over this matter. Do rest assured that we are engaged appropriately in this issue on behalf of our members.

Yours sincerely,

Jyles